For the second time this season, the Alabama state record for king mackerel has been caught. This time a 69-lb., 10-oz. king will likely break the record, not just tie it.
The pending state record was caught by Mathew Borden, of Trussville, on May 6. He was fishing with his father, brother and brother-in-law on one of three boats owned by Fish Trap Charters out of Orange Beach. They were on a bottom fishing trip to the Trysler Grounds, an area of 115- to 125-foot hard bottom about 25 miles out of Orange Beach.